Consider the Following Game That Represents the Payoffs from Different

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Multiple Choice

Consider the following game that represents the payoffs from different advertising campaigns (low, medium, and high spending) for two political candidates that are running for a particular office. The values in the payoff matrix represent the share of the popular vote earned by each candidate: Under the version of the game with simultaneous moves, what is the Nash equilibrium?

• A) Neither candidate has a dominant strategy, but the Nash equilibrium occurs where both candidates use medium advertising campaigns.
• B) Candidate A's dominant strategy is high, Candidate B's dominant strategy is high, and this is the Nash equilibrium.
• C) Neither candidate has a dominant strategy, but the Nash equilibrium occurs where both candidates use high advertising campaigns.
• D) There is no Nash equilibrium (in pure strategies) for this simultaneous game.

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